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  • US delegation to urge labour reforms in Bangladesh US delegation to urge labour reforms in Bangladesh

    DHAKA - A high level US delegation led by the State Department's Under Secretary for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman will visit Bangladesh this weekend to press for a major overhaul of labour safety regulations following the nation's deadliest industrial accident, an official said Wednesday. The collapse of a nine-storey factory complex housing several garment units outside the capital last ...

  • Kolkata hosts meet to enhance bilateral trade ties with Bangladesh

    Kolkata recently hosted a meeting on Tuesday to discuss measures that needs to be taken to increase cross border trade with Bangladesh. Amit Kumar Roy, Commissioner of Customs said that expectations were high as India considered Bangladesh a friendly and compliant neighbour. "Compared to other countries, compared to Pakistan etc, Bangladesh is very friendly and very compliant. They are very ...

  • Probe faults construction materials for Bangladesh building collapse

    FILE - In this Sunday, May 12, 2013 file photo, Bangladeshi rescuers use heavy machinery to clear rubble of a garment factory building that collapsed on April 24 as they continue searching for bodies in Savar, near Dhaka, Bangladesh. A government investigation said poor quality construction materials and building code violations contributed to the collapse of building housing garment factories ...

  • Building materials blamed in Bangladesh disaster

    DHAKA, Bangladesh -; A government investigation found poor quality construction materials and building code violations were among the "series of irregularities" that caused the collapse of a building housing garment factories last month in Bangladesh, the committee head said ...

  • Bangladeshs Green Radio heralds new era of environment education

    Dhaka, May 23 (IANS) Nature lovers in Bangladesh can tune in to 89.6 FM for their daily dose of green awakening, courtesy a 45-minute programme which aims at bridging the gap between environmentalists and laymen by keeping them abreast of burning topics related to the sector. "As our country has become the most vulnerable nation to climate change, we thought of making a dedicated programme ...

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Suspended Animation

Suspended Animation

John D. Hancocks low-budget Suspended Animation is a wild, weird, sometimes fascinating, but more often head-scratching horror-thriller thats been running the festival circuit for the past two years and has finally scored a theatrical release just in time for Halloween. Scripted by his wife, Dorothy Tristan, who based it on her own unpublished novel, Suspended Animation is the kind ... ...

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  • Bangladeshi factory collapse volunteers struggle to sleep haunted by rescue trauma

    MAMUN was hailed a hero for pulling survivors from the ruins of Bangladesh's Rana Plaza factory complex but now he struggles to sleep, haunted by the memory of sawing off a young woman's hand. "I had never even touched the hand of a woman before but it was the only way to save her and the others," said the 22-year-old in an interview ahead of the one-month anniversary of ...

  • Rana Plaza was built poorly Bangladesh govt. report reveals

    Extremely poor construction materials and violation of construction rules contributed to the collapse of the nine-storey Rana Plaza in Savar, Bangladesh on April 24, revealed a government probe body yesterday.The crash was one of the largest industrial building collapses in the world that claimed 1,127 lives and maimed over 2,000 others.The probe body, formed on April 25 by the home ministry to ...

  • Rice imports fall to 16-year low in Bangladesh

    Rice imports in Bangladesh hit the lowest in 16 years, thanks to increased domestic production that helped the country become nearly self-sufficient.Bangladesh imported only 27,700 tonnes of rice since the beginning of fiscal 2012-13, down 94 per cent from 515,000 tonnes in the same period a year earlier, according to the food ministry."It reflects that we are close to self-sufficiency in ...

  • Bangladesh S. Korea climbers die while descending Everest

    Two climbers have died while descending from the summit of Mount Everest on Monday night, officials confirmed. The climbers have been identified as Mohammad Khalid Hussain of Bangladesh and Sung Ho-Seo of South Korea. Khil Lal Gautam, official at Tourism Ministry, said that Ho-Seo, who had climbed the peak without supplemental oxygen, refused to put on oxygen mask on returning to tent as ...

  • CBS News goes undercover in a Bangladesh clothing factory

    CBS News (CBS News) Many of the clothes in American stores are made in Bangladesh, which has a history of workplace disasters. Six months ago, 112 workers died when their factory burned down. Last month, another factory collapsed, killing more than 1,100 workers in one of the worst industrial accidents ever. If you own clothes that were made in Bangladesh, this is where they come from. ...

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